Fiona Anna Wood is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She is a three-time winner of the
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers award.
Career
Fiona Wood is a graduate of the
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...
.
She worked for 12 years as a scriptwriter for television series, including episodes of ''
Neighbours'', ''
Home and Away'' and ''
MDA,'' before her first novel, ''Six Impossible Things'', was published in 2010.
Works
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Awards and recognition
* ''Six Impossible Things''
** Winner, Eleanor Dark Flagship Fellowship for Fiction, 2008
** Shortlisted, CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2011
** Shortlisted, YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards), 2014
** Shortlisted, YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards), 2016
* ''Wildlife''
** Shortlisted,
Queensland Literary Awards
The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the QLA ...
, Young Adult Book Award, 2013
** Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards,
Young Adult Fiction Award, 2014
** Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Award,
Ethel Turner Prize, 2014
** Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2014
** Shortlisted, Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, Fiction for Year 7–9, 2015
** Honour book, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), Fiction for years 7–9, 2015
* ''Cloudwish''
** Winner, Indie Award, Best Young Adult (Independent Booksellers Awards), 2016
** Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2016
** Shortlisted, ABIA Awards (Australian Book Industry Awards)
** Shortlisted, WA Young Readers' Book Award
* ''Take Three Girls''
** Winner, CBCA, Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2018
** Shortlisted, Gold Inky Award
** Shortlisted, Indie Award (Independent Booksellers Awards)
References
External links
Official website*
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian writers of young adult literature
Australian women novelists
University of Melbourne alumni